TedXMac 2017: Dean Whittaker, Jason Sosa: Back FROM the Future

Dean Whittaker, Jason Sosa: Back FROM the Future

• most of us do not think past 5 years
• 50% of US jobs at risk because of automation (robots and artificial intelligence)
• changes to the baby boomers: globalization, demographics, technology
• technology = revolution
• we can’t adapt fast enough so we must learn to anticipate change
• human adaptability is not matching the rate of change in technology
• change is revolutionary vs. change is evolutionary
• the ‘gig economy’ working on multiple projects and with diverse teams around the world
• this time is different - automation will replace workers (self service and augmented reality)
• reality itself will change
• the entire work force will need to be retrained
• “robe advice” “robe doctors”
• machines will be able to outperform humans at almost all tasks
• be continuous learners and retrain self
• abundance for some and hardships for others
• communities will lose financial resources
• “we need radical mindsets for this radical time”
• technology might displace us from our jobs
• “Gig economy” value freedom and flexibility and can do work from anywhere
• Hope and preferred future - rapidly deploy new skills
• acquire wealth through skills
• Wisdom from the past, leadership of the present, and vision for the future
• value diversity
• own the robots
• there is a human advantage
• “as a community, will we choose to embrace change” - develop a learning center to re-skill our work force 24×7
• connectivity is a key
• implement model community initiative
• be daring to try new ways of working and networking
• accept failure as learning
• “our future is determined by the choices we make today”
• create the preferred future that is meant for us since we know with 80% certainty where it is headed

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